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Lavina Montana Map

Explore Lavina, Montana, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Lavina, Montana

How to Use This Lavina, Montana Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lavina, Montana. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Montana or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Lavina.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Lavina
State	Montana (MT)
County	Golden Valley County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	46.29468
Longitude	-108.937935
Population	136
Density	51.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	59046
Area Code	406
County Seat	Ryegate
School District	Lavina K-12 Schools

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About Lavina, Montana

Lavina is a locality in Golden Valley County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 136. The population density is 51.9 people per km². Lavina is located at 46.2947°N, 108.9379°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Lavina is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 59046.

Lavina occupies a quiet stretch of high plains where the Musselshell River carves a winding path through the sagebrush and golden grasses. It lies 41.1 miles north-northwest of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 329°T), and is situated 21.6 miles west-southwest of Roundup. The landscape around Lavina feels vast and indifferent, a wide-open expanse where the horizon line stays sharp against a pale, expansive sky. To the west, the distant peaks of the Rocky Mountains appear as faint, jagged bruises against the dusk, while the local terrain remains defined by the low, sun-bleached ridges of Womans Pocket. A few miles away, the surface of Alkali Pond holds the mirror of the sky, reflecting the stillness of a region where the wind often carries the scent of dry earth and approaching weather. Just a mile beyond the main thoroughfare, the Montana State Trust Lands offer a quiet refuge of rugged scrub, where the light at late afternoon turns the hills into shades of bronze and burnt sienna.

History in Lavina remains tied to the steel rails and the resilience of those who built a life against the harsh, drying heat of the plains. The economy here persists through the slow, steady work of agriculture, with cattle grazing on the benchlands and the rhythm of the seasons dictating the pace of the day. Life in Lavina moves with the deliberate patience of a place that understands the weight of distance, where neighbors recognize one another by the dust on their trucks and the turn of their work. While the heavy influence of the railroad once defined the town’s growth, the modern character is shaped by the quiet endurance of families who remain tethered to the land. It is a place of immense, quiet spaces, where the sound of the Musselshell River provides a constant, low-frequency hum beneath the silence of the high plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 1.0 mi, 036° NE
Golden Valley County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 10.5 mi, 160° S
Yellowstone County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 11.8 mi, 162° S
Broadview Pond Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 12.7 mi, 168° S
Chief Joseph (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 271° W
Lake Mason National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.0 mi, 036° NE · 22k acres
Musselshell Valley Historical Museum (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 061° NE
Grass Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.0 mi, 199° S · 6,788 acres
Big Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 26.5 mi, 189° S
Twin Coulee Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 29.3 mi, 339° N · 6,840 acres
Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 30.7 mi, 354° N · 1.9M acres
Big Snowies Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 31.1 mi, 337° NW · 89k acres
Billings Studio Theater (Theatre) — 38.9 mi, 152° SE
Big Horn Design and Art Gallery (Gallery) — 39.3 mi, 145° SE
Place Where the White Horse Went Down Historical Marker (Monument) — 40.4 mi, 147° SE
AMC Shiloh 14 (Cinema) — 40.6 mi, 157° SE
Toucan (Gallery) — 40.9 mi, 148° SE
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 40.9 mi, 149° SE
Babcock Theater (Cinema) — 41.0 mi, 150° SE
Wise Wonders (Museum) — 41.0 mi, 150° SE
Nova (Theatre) — 41.1 mi, 149° SE
Del Alma Gallery & Studio (Gallery) — 41.1 mi, 149° SE
Four Dances (Viewpoint) — 42.3 mi, 148° SE
Ghost Cave (Historic Ruins) — 45.5 mi, 148° SE
Middle Cave (Historic Ruins) — 45.5 mi, 147° SE
Museum of the Beartooths (Museum) — 47.6 mi, 199° S
Reed Point High School Football Field (Stadium) — 50.2 mi, 216° SW
Gallatin National Forest (National Forest) — 56.1 mi, 239° SW · 1.9M acres
Cowboy Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 58.1 mi, 337° NW
Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 78.2 mi, 200° S · 941k acres

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